Case or holder for adhesive articles.



Patented Oct. 24, I899.

w. PEDRIGK.

BASE 0B HOLDER FOR ADHESIVE ARTICLES.

(Application fllqd June 28, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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NITED' STATES PATENT Prion.

CASE OR HOLDER FOR ADHESIVE ARTICLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 635,582, dated October 24, 1899.

Application filed June 23, 1899. Serial No- 721,65Z. (No modeL} invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cases or Holders for Adhesive Articles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to holders or cases for articles or materials having gummed or ad- IO hesive surface or surfaces; and the object of my invention is to provide an article of man ufacture of the character designated which shall be simple and economical in construction and adapted to efficiently prevent the t 5 adhesion of the gummed sides of stamps, la-

bels, and the like to the parts of the holder or to one another, whereby the said articles may be carried about the person without danger of loss or annoyance due to such adhesion or sticking.

With this object in view my invention consists of a case, book, or holder containing a series of pockets, divisions, or leaves arranged to hold or have placed between them postage,

revenue, or any other stamps or any other articles of manufacturesuch as gummed paper or other material, plain or printed, courtplaster, adhesive plaster, gurnmed labels, or anything with an adhesive surface on one or both sidesas hereinafter described,with reference to the accompanying drawings, and

more particularly pointed v out in the claims appended to this specification. I

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a certain form of pocket-book to which my invention is applied. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse sectional view thereof. Fig. 3 is an enlarged ,detail, and Fig. 4 is a similar detail showing more fully the construction of one division or compartment of the book.

Referring now to the drawings, in which the same reference characters relate to the same or corresponding parts in all the views,- the letter A indicates the pocket-book, with body A of ordinary construction, having end gussets a and the overlapping flap A, which book is preferably provided with a tablet D, made of some suitable material upon which pencil-memoranda maybe entered and erased,

as desired. This tablet may be of an ordinary silicate composition and may obviously be omitted or used, as preferred.

In order to provide the several compartments of the pocket-book with my improvement, I preferably take a sheet B of non-adhesive flexible material, such as paraflined paper, and form it into a lining for each compartment or division, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, and apply the fold to the upper part of the partition between pockets or compartments, securing the said lining in place by paste, eyelets, or clips 0, and in order to fit the lining to the gussets a I slit the fold, as shown at 0, Figs. 1 and 3, the two Wings thus formed conforming to the contour of the gusset,

, against which they may be pasted or confined in any suitable manner.

If desired, the lining may be formed of one piece having a series of folds, as indicated in Fig. 2, or a single fold for each two adjacent compartments, as shown in said figure, as will be obvious to those skilled in the art.

In one or more of the compartments it may be desirable to form single leaves or hinged pieces, such as B and B Fig. 2; and to attach such leaves to the book without exposed joints I preferably form a reverse fold b on the lining B of that compartment and a single fold at the lower edge of said leaf B having the bent portion 5 extending upwardly into the fold b the latter overlapping and inclosing the said bent portion, so as to cover the same, and thus form an interlocking joint, wherein the adjacent parts are secured together by paste or otherwise attached.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that the formation of the lining material may be accomplished by taking a side of any suitable material and attaching to it a smooth nonadhesive non-sticking material for the inside of pockets. A material wholly non-adhesive may be used for sizes of cases where best adapted, and the pockets of this stamp-case are readily formed by folding said material with folded edge at the top and then split at each end to insert a gusset or lining, which may be made of cloth, leather, or any other suitable material, so as to allow the pocket to expand, the gusset to be on the outside, leaving only non-stickable surface anywhere inside the pockets. The folds so made may be attached to an outside cover by gluing, sewing, or eyeleting, as the size and strength of the case desired may require, or the compartments may be made by folding a sheet or piece of the above-named non-stickable material, leaving the folded edge up and folding or turning either way at an angle, the bottom ends of the folded sheet thus forming a foot or attaching strip with an expanded bottom for the division. The foot or strip may be attached to the outside cover by gluing, sewing, or eyeleting, or by either mode, and, further, a single leaf, not folded, of a corresponding material, with bottom edge or attaching-strip turned either way, may be used on the same principle as the folded sheet last above described and indicated at B and B The divisions of this case may be finished by' applying names for contents-such as denominations, numbers, indexes, dates, figures, duo-when size requires. Furthermore, an unattached but component part of this stampcase consists of either folded or flat sheets or leaves composed of the same non-stickable materials heretofore described and to be used where more than one folded sheet or two single sheets with the gum med sides outward are required to be used, as heretofore described.

In using the book the folded sheet is designed to drop over each side of a folded sheet, having the gummed side folded outward, the next sheet of stamps or other folded material to be folded gummed side inward and placed over both sides of the non-adhesive sheet, the next sheet of stamps to be folded gummed side outward, which brings the printed or ungummed sides of the two last sheets together and leaves the gummed sides ready for another sheet of the non-adhesive. The single or unfolded sheet or leaf is especially designed to be used between unfolded parts or adhesive sheets or sheets of whole size unfolded. In cases where more than two or both outside gummed surfaces are required to be used these single sheets will be strong and made much thicker than the folded.

The outside cover A of case or holder may be formed of one piece or of several pieces of suitable material-such as leather, cloth, paper-01 various materials may be combined for price, usefulness, strength, and appearance and may or may not have a flap-cover, and may have any kind of cover or fastening, as required.

I claim as my invention- 1. As a new article of manufacture, a case or holder for stamps or other adhesive articles, consisting of a pocket or other book, having leaves or partitions forming a plurality of divisions or compartments, provided with a lining of non-adhesive material, folded over the upper sides of and secured to the said partitions or leaves, one or more of said linings having a reverse fold at the lower edge forming an attaching-strip, and one or more single leaves of non-adhesive material having a bent portion at the lower edge inclosed by the said reverse fold and attached thereto, substantially as specified.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a case or holder for stamps or other adhesive articles, consisting of a pocket-book having end gussets and partitions or leaves forming a plurality of compartments or divisions, provided with a lining of non-adhesive material folded over the upper edge of and secured to said partitions or leaves, said lining being split or slitted at the ends forming wings conforming to the gussets and attached thereto, substantially as specified.

3. As a new article of manufacture, acase or pocket-book having compartments formed by partitions and end gussets, a lining of non-adhesive material folded over the upper edges of the partitions and slitted at the ends so as to form wings conforming to the gussets and secured thereto, one or more of said compartments having the lining formed at the bottom with a reverse fold constituting an attaching-strip, and one or more leaves provided with bent portions at the bottom interlocking said reverse folds, thereby forming hinged leaves within said compartments, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM PEDRIOK.

lVitnesses:

A. L. BROOK, W. ROLAND WARRIcK. 

